Talking with the dead

Temeria Riviera

This is how a story always starts right? I introduce myself, you read, you read some more and find out who I am. Well I'm going to jump right into it. I can see and talk to the dead, or, ghosts or whatever. See the thing is, I wasn't born with this so called "gift" I'm not Melinda Gordan. NO! I died. And came back to life. Or so the doctors who brought me back to life tell me, but I don't remember dying, or what happened while I was dead. All I remember was being hit by a car and then waking up in the hospital with tubes in my mouth gagging for breath.

Now to the boring bit. I'm Temeria Riviera. Yes like the casino and hotel in Vegas. But that was destroyed in a controlled demolition. But that's where I'm different. Someone tried to destroy me. And was successful for a while, but clearly I was stronger. The motherfucker who ran me over didn't even stop. Just carried on driving.

I'm 25 and in university, studying the paranormal funnily enough, and the sciences behind it all. My family weren't too pleased with it. "Spending all that money on something you can't even see." Those were their words. Ha irony right? But, university is where I met one of, if not the best friend I've ever had. Leo Degar. He's about two years older than me and studying performing arts, but I have a little guilty pleasure for the theatre and would go and watch the performances they would put on each term. He's really good at what he does too, the confidence he has, his stage presents, his voice. Oh my god his voice, he's got a voice that when you hear it your hairs stand on end and you hold your breath until he's finished. I met him by accident, I bumped into him on my first day here, lost like a baby deer trying to find the forest in the middle of the motorway. And he helped me. He had the sweetest smile and the kindest eyes. His hair was spikey and his voice was deep but it was soft. It wasn't harsh. He stood about two inches smaller than me, but at that time I just needed to find my class. And he took me. He was the first friend I made there. I made more friends while I was there, but non where as good to me as Leo.